Metro News Release

For immediate release: December 3, 2012

Metro weekend track work December 7-9, 2012 Buses replace Red Line trains between Fort Totten and Glenmont and Green Line trains between between Archives and Waterfront; no Yellow Line service over bridge

The ongoing effort to rebuild and upgrade the Metrorail system to provide safer and more reliable service will continue over the weekend of December 7-9 on all lines. The work will begin at 10 p.m. Friday and continue through system closing on Sunday.

Free shuttle buses will replace Green Line trains between Archives and Waterfront to allow for switch replacement near L'Enfant Plaza, as well as tie replacement and fiber optic cable installation.

There will be no Green Line service at L'Enfant Plaza.

Green Line trains will operate in two segments:

Between Greenbelt and Archives every 10 minutes between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., and at regular weekend intervals at other times.

Between Waterfront and Branch Avenue at regular weekend intervals.

Shuttle bus service will operate between Archives, L'Enfant Plaza and Waterfront stations throughout the weekend. Customers using shuttle bus service should add 20 minutes to their travel time.

The last Green Line train from Greenbelt to Archives will operate 20 minutes earlier than normal on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Yellow Line

There will be no Yellow Line service this weekend between Fort Totten and Archives due to bridge work on the Yellow Line bridge over the Potomac River--including the structure's annual inspection--as well as switch replacement outside L'Enfant Plaza.

Instead, Yellow Line trains will operate via the Blue Line (through the Rosslyn tunnel) between Huntington and Eastern Market stations. Trains will operate every 24 minutes; Blue Line trains will provide additional service.

Customers traveling to or from Yellow Line stations from Fort Totten to Archives should use Green Line trains to complete their trip. If traveling to or from Yellow Line stations in Virginia, consider transferring between Gallery Place and Metro Center using a Red Line train. At Metro Center, Yellow Line trains will arrive on the lower level. (Example: A customer traveling between Georgia Ave-Petworth and Pentagon City would take a Green Line to Gallery Place, transfer to a Red Line train to Metro Center, and then transfer to a Yellow or Blue line train to Pentagon City.)

There will be no shuttle bus service between L'Enfant Plaza and Pentagon stations. Customers should use Yellow or Blue line trains, via Rosslyn, for travel between these stations. Plan about 15-20 minutes of additional travel time.

At L'Enfant Plaza, Yellow Line trains will arrive on the lower level.

The last Yellow Line train from Huntington to Eastern Market will operate 10 minutes earlier than normal on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Orange Line

Orange Line trains will single track between Stadium-Armory and Cheverly to allow for platform reconstruction, and between East Falls Church and West Falls Church for work associated with the Silver Line extension project.

Throughout the weekend, trains will operate every 24 minutes between Vienna and New Carrollton.

Customers using Orange Line trains should allow 15 minutes of additional travel time.

Blue Line

Blue Line trains will single track between Stadium-Armory and Addison Road to allow for repairs to the floating concrete slabs beneath the rails.

Throughout the weekend, trains will opeate every 24 minutes between Franconia-Springfield and Largo Town Center.

Customers using Blue Line trains should allow 15 minutes of additional travel time.

Note: This weekend, Yellow Line trains will operate via the Blue Line between King Street and Eastern Market stations, providing additional service frequency between these stations.

Metro is advancing Metro Forward, a six-year, $5 billion Capital Improvement Program (CIP) that is focused on safety and bringing the Metro system into a state of good repair. In FY2012, Metro Forward includes projects to replace escalators; retrofit track; replace critical track circuitry and equipment along the right of way; rehabilitate third-rail power systems, running rail and track pads; modernize 12 stations; replace 100 Metro buses and the rehabilitate 100 more; renovate three bus garages; and install 30 new track turnouts.

For more information on traveling by Metrobus or Metrorail, customers may call 202-637-7000 or TTY 202-638-3780, or visit wmata.com.